Carl Joachim Friedrich quotes

Carl Joachim Friedrich quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“What was once thought can never be unthought.”
-- Carl Joachim Friedrich

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“The history of totalitarian regimes is reflected in the evolution and perfection of the instruments of terror and more especially the police.”
-- Carl Joachim Friedrich

Source : Carl Joachim Friedrich (1972). “The pathology of politics: violence, betrayal, corruption, secrecy, and propaganda”, HarperCollins Publishers

#Perfection Quotes #Police Quotes #Evolution Quotes
“Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.”
-- Carl Joachim Friedrich

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“Transform your world by transforming your internal state. Start by learning to let go of negative self judgment, and replace it with positive and loving thoughts about yourself. Be kind to yourself, and watch your external world change.”

Source : FaceBook post by Anita Moorjani from Jun 17, 2012
“To be successful, you must act big, think big and talk big.”
“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
“Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”
“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
“Think it over, think it under.”
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”
“Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.”
“Indo-European peoples and Semitic peoples are today still completely different... Jews almost everywhere form a special society... Muslims (the Semitic spirit is today represented mainly by Islam) and the Europeans stand face to face like two beings of different species, having nothing common in the way of thinking and feeling...”

Source : "Naţionalitatea în artă" ("Nationality in Art") by A. C. Cuza, Bucureşti: Cartea Romaneasca, 1905.

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